Moral high ground and "safety"

Humanity seems to be in a loop, wherein the safer we become, the more intolerable any remaining risk appears.

That makes us more susceptible or more receptive to “projects” that make us even more safe, under the cover of which, is much more 
bureaucratic grasping either by corporations or the state.

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Moral high ground = safety. How do you argue against the “most safe” option?